PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Renaldo Pollard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Efrain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Renaldo Pollard has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Pollard
vs
Efrain

202 cm
18
278 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
24
270 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Renaldo Pollard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alexander Efrain!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Columbo Gatti and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Efrain misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pollard.
Pollard throws a counter high kick but Efrain was just alert enough to avoid it.
Efrain thuds a left hand into Pollard's body.
Pollard fails with a takedown attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Efrain. Pollard does a little dance to reset his feet.
An attempted straight right counter from Pollard misses the target.
Pollard takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Pollard closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Pollard lands in his opponent's guard.
Pollard cracks Efrain with a solid left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Efrain wants to stand but Pollard is controlling the position.
Efrain working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pollard.
Efrain utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Efrain wants to stand up but Pollard is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pollard throwing strikes but missing.
Pollard working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Efrain is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Pollard is controlling him.
Pollard loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Pollard is looking to stand up but Efrain won't let him.
Efrain utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Efrain avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Efrain is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Pollard postures up in Efrain's guard and throws a big left but Efrain blocks it.
Pollard postures up and lands a big shot to Efrain's brow.
Efrain should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Efrain is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pollard throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Efrain works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Efrain is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pollard fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Efrain tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pollard shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Efrain sprawls well. Efrain wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pollard gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renaldo Pollard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pollard doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Pollard takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Efrain jabs Pollard to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Efrain lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Efrain.
Pollard tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Efrain swivels and escapes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Efrain cracks Pollard with a right hand to the side of the head.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Pollard enables Efrain to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Pollard manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Pollard is breathing heavily.
Efrain has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Pollard is proving hard to escape from.
Pollard has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Pollard will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Pollard looking for a sweep. Not yet Pollard, not yet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Efrain has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Pollard is proving hard to escape from.

Pollard is working an open guard so Efrain takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Efrain dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Danga de danga de dang - Efrain scores with a four punch combination!
Efrain looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Efrain wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pollard shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Efrain counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nice uppercut there from Efrain.
Pollard slaps away a takedown attempt from Efrain, before circling back to the center of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Efrain comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Efrain closes the distance and clinches up with Pollard, looking for a takedown. Efrain pushes Pollard against the cage but Pollard circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Pollard was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Pollard throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Efrain's waist but Efrain gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Pollard off to one side.
Efrain tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Efrain fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pollard looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Alexander Efrain seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pollard takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Efrain ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Pollard on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Efrain misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Efrain lands a nice hook to Pollard's body. Pollard takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Efrain shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Efrain has eaten all the pies!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pollard trying to control from the bottom.
Efrain is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pollard has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Efrain is working away from the top position though.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Pollard slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Pollard lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Efrain wants to stand up but Pollard is controlling him.
Pollard postures up in Efrain's guard and throws a big left but Efrain blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pollard lands a couple of digs.
Efrain really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pollard. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Pollard has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Efrain is proving hard to escape from.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Efrain preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pollard working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Efrain wants to get back to his feet but Pollard is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
A shot to the liver by Efrain. Beautiful body shot.
Efrain scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Efrain showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Pollard tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Efrain swivels and escapes.
Pollard showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Efrain.
Pollard swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Efrain fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pollard looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Efrain lands with a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pollard throws a poor cross that misses

and Efrain counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Pollard!
Efrain tries to get to his feet but Pollard is in the middle of advancing position himself and ends up with Efrain in his guard.
Pollard is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pollard trying to control the position.
Pollard looking for a sweep. Not yet Pollard, not yet.
Efrain would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Efrain postures up.
Efrain is looking to stand up but Pollard won't let him.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Efrain lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Efrain works Pollard's body with a nice hook.
Efrain goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Alexander Efrain is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Efrain darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Pollard tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Efrain manages to move to mount!
Efrain tries to stand up but Pollard grabs his leg and drags him down! Pollard is now on top, in side control.
The strikes coming from Pollard are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Efrain is trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pollard thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Efrain wants to get back to his feet but Pollard drags him back down.

Pollard is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Efrain knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Pollard tries for a kimura but Efrain is defending well.
Alexander Efrain is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Efrain throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Sloppy strikes from Efrain. Those never looked like landing.
Efrain fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Pollard on the side of the head.
Efrain has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Efrain moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Efrain scores with a shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Efrain comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Efrain winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Efrain!